Video of the day -- farmers
This is agriculture, by any reasonable definition. Since the fungus has adapted under cultivation and is now different from its "wild" ancestor, actually dependent on the ants' care to survive, it probably even qualifies as domestication. So agriculture -- the prerequisite for human civilization -- was achieved millions of years ago by animals which, as far as we can tell, don't even have self-awareness. Video found via Crazy Eddie.
posted by Infidel753 at 11:18 AM
3 Comments:
Interesting video (fun) ... as far as what we can learn and do ourselves ... I guess we'll have to get corporate approval ... ants dont {:-)
Loved reading about this. I'd also add to the amazing ant culture -- the honeypot ant.
Thanks for sharing this video, which I showed to one of my classes last week. I'm encouraged to go out and find more.
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